tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-58193337658185422432024-03-14T10:11:43.129-04:00Cedar Brook Burial Ground - a natural burial optionCedar Brook Burial Ground, a green cemetery in a two-acre wood of mostly pine and hemlock is located a short distance west of Portland, Maine. Within its borders sits the rock wall-enclosed Joshua Small Cemetery, a tiny, historic graveyard whose dozen burials date back to the early 1800s.
New paths with memorial stones are available in addition to traditional plots.
Visitors are welcome to tour the Grounds.Cedar Brook Burial Groundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17761952016481416820noreply@blogger.comBlogger35125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5819333765818542243.post-56193618102326966642012-09-06T18:18:00.002-04:002012-09-06T18:38:28.687-04:00New web address for Cedar Brook Burial Ground<span style="font-size: large;">Please see more information at Cedar Brook Burial Ground at <a href="http://mainegreencemetery.com/" target="_blank">Maine Green Cemetery</a>.</span>Cedar Brook Burial Groundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17761952016481416820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5819333765818542243.post-83307420565831081162010-03-08T17:22:00.001-05:002010-03-08T07:48:33.871-05:00Cedar Brook Burial Ground, Inc. Mission Statement<ul style="font-style: italic;"><li><span style="font-size: 130%;">Insure the respectful treatment of the deceased and the family.</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-size: 130%;">Preserve the area in its natural state.</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-size: 130%;">Follow the</span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><span ms="" trebuchet=""></span></span><span style="font-size: 130%;"> tenets of green burial practices along with a sustainable forestry policy.</span></li>
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Cedar Brook Burial Ground is open year round.Cedar Brook Burial Groundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17761952016481416820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5819333765818542243.post-48008850004523374652010-03-08T09:36:00.001-05:002010-03-08T07:44:28.021-05:00Planning a funeral - others . . . or yoursWhere does one start? What questions need to be answered? These books will help start the conversation and answer many of your questions.<br />
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<iframe align="left" frameborder="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?lt1=_blank&bc1=ffffff&IS2=1&bg1=FFFFFF&fc1=000000&lc1=29743A&t=designonline-20&o=1&p=8&l=as1&m=amazon&f=ifr&asins=160433021X" style="height: 240px; width: 120px;"></iframe>From the authors of <i><b>Grave Expectations,</b></i> Carmen Flowers and Sue Bailey:<br />
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"Life is such a rich, complicated, joyous, mysterious wild ride. Everyone has stories to tell and lessons to pass on, and what better way to do that than when you're alive? It was your life; your funeral is the one time you can do and say absolutely whatever you want.<br />
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As of this writing, there is no alternative to dying. Since there's no getting out of it, why not go ahead and plan your fantasy going "away" party?"<br />
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Carmen Flowers and Sue Bailey will be the guest speakers at the Annual Meeting on 10/31/2009 of the <a href="http://www.fcamaine.net/">Consumers Funeral Alliance of Maine</a> at <a href="http://www.highlandsrc.com/">The Highlands</a> in Topsham, Maine. The meeting is open to the public at a cost of $10/person.<br />
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There will be an outstanding panel of people who have done home funerals and natural burials. They will share their stories and answer questions. Resources available include information about Maine's two natural cemeteries and Chuck Lakin's display of his alternative wood caskets. Peter McHugh of <b>Cedar Brook Burial Ground</b> will be available to answer questions.<br />
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<i><b>Grave Matters by</b></i> Mark Harris is also an excellent source of information.<br />
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"Whatever Happened to ‘Dust to Dust’?<br />
You Can Still Find It in Green Burial.<br />
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By the time Nate Fisher was laid to rest in a woodland grave sans coffin in the final season of Six Feet Under, Americans all across the country were starting to look outside the box when death came calling.<br />
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<i>Grave Matters</i> follows a dozen such families who found in “green” burial a more natural, more economic and ultimately more meaningful alternative to the tired and toxic send-off on offer at the local funeral parlor."Cedar Brook Burial Groundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17761952016481416820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5819333765818542243.post-35680902367404806932009-12-31T17:05:00.010-05:002009-12-31T17:21:31.961-05:00Articles & interviews on green burial<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxzgytqbjwPqTS65CGiCx82vOR4n10VY4ZM0TGKsjuXSzjFHGA3kdvtv6Qc-sLdpm0RjbCG4Lvx9-fyHOT0E5cmdSTW-cz6aTZvkPspTe9BOCKcda_sxUb6hQeNBIXTbRE0WTVcYEpj0n7/s1600-h/southwest.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 148px;" left="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxzgytqbjwPqTS65CGiCx82vOR4n10VY4ZM0TGKsjuXSzjFHGA3kdvtv6Qc-sLdpm0RjbCG4Lvx9-fyHOT0E5cmdSTW-cz6aTZvkPspTe9BOCKcda_sxUb6hQeNBIXTbRE0WTVcYEpj0n7/s200/southwest.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5421526488384095698" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6119301&ps=rs">Green Burial Movement Spreads to the Southwest</a><br /><br />A green burial site is planned for this area in the Galisteo Basin Preserve near Santa Fe, N.M. Unlike conventional cemeteries, the landscape will not change after bodies are buried here.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhmSAyJfUiH7CdLxec2SaD4H0jFq_JorNLLntkTuHW1nNF2dN27hQ0zW8_cQtiD-vOja4b0pRkA1ZH4jHUxxk2HZr6ucvl9JwJQcvv_IgtvrTB7kji5khauLHs7arJSFH9TI1x9ceeQTKb/s1600-h/ginny_boll.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" left="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhmSAyJfUiH7CdLxec2SaD4H0jFq_JorNLLntkTuHW1nNF2dN27hQ0zW8_cQtiD-vOja4b0pRkA1ZH4jHUxxk2HZr6ucvl9JwJQcvv_IgtvrTB7kji5khauLHs7arJSFH9TI1x9ceeQTKb/s200/ginny_boll.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5421526370169623282" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=17232879&ps=rs">Burials and Cemeteries Go Green</a><br /><br />Ginny Boll loves life. The 78-year-old former nun operates a dog-grooming business in Wisconsin in a small shed near her home on her woodland property. When she dies, Boll says she wants her friends to hold a party to celebrate her life and then to bury her simply.<br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnFxz3fqFBM72Hm3dq4K5wObdUzbka-TIRUxEX9nmtvB7kZRo5pZelfp8M7XO4diopCFDCcZ8n03vRpMTOBB2ZTne_3KHwlN4MTHGXExKKTyhzr5NPVRNPLADXIn5sb6YzERNHL7U0Gs-u/s1600-h/greenburial.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 112px;" left="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnFxz3fqFBM72Hm3dq4K5wObdUzbka-TIRUxEX9nmtvB7kZRo5pZelfp8M7XO4diopCFDCcZ8n03vRpMTOBB2ZTne_3KHwlN4MTHGXExKKTyhzr5NPVRNPLADXIn5sb6YzERNHL7U0Gs-u/s200/greenburial.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5421526197821794690" border="0" /></a><a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=121752798">Land owner Calls On Death To Save Her Far</a><br /><p><span style="font-size:100%;">Joan Graham, 80, owns a horse farm in the small town of Metamora, north of Detroit.</span></p><p><span style="font-size:100%;">"I just like the earth," she said. "I like the smell of it, and I like green, and I like trees."</span></p>Cedar Brook Burial Groundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17761952016481416820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5819333765818542243.post-80253065278422387412009-11-16T10:19:00.003-05:002009-11-16T10:33:42.767-05:00New England Green Burial Society<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://negbs.com/"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 141px; height: 130px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghbZ6UDVP_Ep3d5b7eg7j-ys3IhdVNtCrXv2me0bv4T7HPseaXWmSDfEi-0OafWEZ-KN0pf8tejubaiJ4wnYtmDFSOLKoKeUkrEZs8FV31r_wgXSHKF9NvbaiSMN02oEYwB4CZdBzJaUl0/s200/NewEnglandGreenBurialSociety.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5404724433884216594" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">"New England Green Burial Society offers resources, guidance, coordination and direction for those interested in green burial."<br /><br /></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="http://negbs.com/"><span>Click here for more information about the New England Green Burial Society</span></a></span><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span>Cedar Brook Burial Groundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17761952016481416820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5819333765818542243.post-92180861794254626882009-08-31T14:38:00.006-04:002009-08-31T14:52:01.906-04:00DOWN TO EARTH<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Green cemeteries take a final step back to nature</span></span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size:85%;">By JOHN RICHARDSON, Staff Writer, Portland Press Herald - July 19, 2008</span><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHr23wx6uxjJ_8y4n-EgebBJv6U3f_cEf-jXmkmOvkIKTQamYAz-BFW10L23t8PQ6eE4JqCEuQnCBmtOHloI7TtJBX3AtvWBs8WJVH5eIn-vXI_aV838BZKCp5exNQhj1WIQJuDHmTqwTd/s1600-h/P1000051.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px 20px 0px 0px; text-align: left; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHr23wx6uxjJ_8y4n-EgebBJv6U3f_cEf-jXmkmOvkIKTQamYAz-BFW10L23t8PQ6eE4JqCEuQnCBmtOHloI7TtJBX3AtvWBs8WJVH5eIn-vXI_aV838BZKCp5exNQhj1WIQJuDHmTqwTd/s400/P1000051.JPG" alt="Cedar Brook Burial Ground, a green cemetery" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376200573480500114" align="left" border="0" /></a><br /><p style="font-style: italic;">After a lifetime of recycling, composting, turning down the thermostat and trying to eat local organic food, some people might not want to leave their bodies to be filled with a chemical preservative and buried in steel and concrete, or even cremated in a gas-fired furnace.</p> <p style="font-style: italic;">Now they have a couple more options.</p> <p style="font-style: italic;">Maine's two green cemeteries -- natural burial grounds that don't allow embalming or steel caskets -- are open for business. And they're getting some.</p><a href="http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/story.php?id=200306&ac=PHnws">For the rest of the story</a><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></span>Cedar Brook Burial Groundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17761952016481416820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5819333765818542243.post-23727100591964265132009-07-05T09:13:00.006-04:002014-06-27T08:25:15.950-04:00Entering Cedar Brook Burial Grounds<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4rSLFWvahTGxeVSwD0GzkgQSYqx9tNGKOAuUkwP2S2W3cz3dGpAtIkpCS5_LWPAx8Asn0gsnh7C5kyht-azItDz08_LH2g6Gt0tMoqn6vueyEjuN_2-8l4ljziY8ptp0WwuIhy3i2h7tS/s1600-h/entering_Cedar_Brook_Burial_Grounds.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4rSLFWvahTGxeVSwD0GzkgQSYqx9tNGKOAuUkwP2S2W3cz3dGpAtIkpCS5_LWPAx8Asn0gsnh7C5kyht-azItDz08_LH2g6Gt0tMoqn6vueyEjuN_2-8l4ljziY8ptp0WwuIhy3i2h7tS/s400/entering_Cedar_Brook_Burial_Grounds.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5353297694745207506" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 325px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 434px;" /></a><br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Vistors are welcome to tour the grounds.</span><br />
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For a tour of the grounds or a brochure, call Joyce Foley, President, at 207.637.2085, email at <a href="mailto:a.green.cemetery@gmail.com">CBBG@MaineGreenCemetery.com</a> or request information by mail: Cedar Brook Burial Ground, 175 Boothby Rd, Limington, ME 04049-3019Cedar Brook Burial Groundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17761952016481416820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5819333765818542243.post-3275130500921462152009-06-30T09:33:00.000-04:002014-06-27T08:22:54.508-04:00Global warming, going green<span style="font-size: 100%;">Natural Burial Grounds Becoming Popular<br /><br />LIMINGTON (NEWS CENTER) -- With all the talk about global warming, going green has become a way of life for many of us. Now, people in Maine can even go "out" green -- and spend eternity in a natural resting place.<br /><br />From a video interview with Peter McHugh</span>Cedar Brook Burial Groundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17761952016481416820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5819333765818542243.post-36839839214350310442009-06-29T20:40:00.000-04:002009-06-30T21:04:10.155-04:00Work continues at the Joshua Small Cemetery<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrkEN4mZrMmE8kq_ff01UnblO8ixpni7rwwT4yhowOfQAqWyTPh5Om1dhAgnacBdrMojyD2sQL9ZfSBRBDzRSCA8lYUFm3W38V3hPboJx7X3ulaE8n8sXfTZQlodrK938jKz3URgCubyJV/s1600-h/Joshua_Small_Cemetery_fieldstone_wall.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrkEN4mZrMmE8kq_ff01UnblO8ixpni7rwwT4yhowOfQAqWyTPh5Om1dhAgnacBdrMojyD2sQL9ZfSBRBDzRSCA8lYUFm3W38V3hPboJx7X3ulaE8n8sXfTZQlodrK938jKz3URgCubyJV/s320/Joshua_Small_Cemetery_fieldstone_wall.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5353287008588195794" border="0" /></a><br />The wonderful fieldstone wall surrounding the cemetery is being repaired. Some of the stones have, over time, dropped from the wall and are being carefully fitted back in place. There is ongoing maintenance to the grounds within and around the cemtery.<br /><br />The cemetery is available to visitors to Cedar Brook Burial Ground.Cedar Brook Burial Groundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17761952016481416820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5819333765818542243.post-80718382711984414132009-04-29T16:23:00.008-04:002009-11-16T10:13:34.640-05:00An ongoing discussionOne of our readers, <span style="font-style: italic;">Edie Thomas,</span> sent this thoughtful response to comments made by Thomas <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Friese</span>.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">I happened to come across a comment from Thomas </span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Friese</span><span style="font-style: italic;"> on your website regarding an article on March 8</span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">th</span><span style="font-style: italic;"> called <span style="font-weight: bold;">Crossings: Caring for our own at death</span>. The comment was not too inappropriate, however, there are some comments that he made that I do not agree with and feel should not be on your site.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">One comment is regarding land consumption and that green burials utilize too much valuable land space. He also discusses at length his issue with not marking the burial sites with any type of marker. He then states that determining a resolution to the land use and marker issue is something that needs to be addressed promptly. He includes his website address, which is to a website where you have to put in your personal information before you can even see any of his resolutions to the issues he brings up.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">I understand his concern with these issues, but how he states that environmentalists are addressing the lands needs before the individual is a little critical and unnecessary. My opinion has always been that with the rate of growth we are seeing, there will be no green space left except graveyards and golf courses. With green burials, the graveyard has created a new image where people will want to go, and you do not necessarily have to go a "marker" that "belongs" to your family member. Just being in a natural setting will remind you of what your family member felt was important and help bring you closer to their memory.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">I understand that some individuals will have a difficult time coming to terms with a newer way of thinking in regards to burial traditions. I also understand that green burials will grow and evolve with future needs. I don't understand how green burials that create open space are any different in terms of land use then graveyards with granite markers. Is he proposing that we utilize some form of the Tibetan sky burial for our future burial needs?</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">. . . I was mostly upset with the fact that he put (in) his website (</span>address<span style="font-style: italic;">) and then when you look it up, you cannot find any information that he wants to discuss until you sign up. I actually did sign up and I still have not gotten my password sent to me. I understand that I should probably be directing my frustration at him. I just wanted to make you aware of his comments.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Sincerely,</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Edie Thomas</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;">Thank you, Ms. Thomas for granting permission to post your comments.</span>Cedar Brook Burial Groundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17761952016481416820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5819333765818542243.post-24091800440351019042009-04-22T18:45:00.003-04:002009-05-26T09:38:17.656-04:00Remaining Eco-Friendly, Even After Death<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">By Ann-Elise Henzl<br />April 22, 2009 | WUWM | Milwaukee, WI</span><br /><br />"Green burial is essentially the way most of humanity has cared for its dead for thousands of years."<br /><br />Joe Sehee started and heads the Green Burial Council, a national group that promotes the practice.<br /><br />"Returning to the earth simply, without a metal casket, without a concrete burial vault, without formaldehyde-based embalming. It's just ashes-to-ashes, dust-to-dust burial," Sehee says.<br /><br /><div><a href="http://www.wuwm.com/programs/news/view_news.php?articleid=4444"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Click here for complete article</span></a>, then click on 'enter site', top right</div>Cedar Brook Burial Groundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17761952016481416820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5819333765818542243.post-19728854347146436242009-04-15T12:49:00.002-04:002009-05-26T09:37:13.377-04:00Another approach from New Zealand<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://tenderrest.co.nz/ourproductsbookshelf.html"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 110px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCM9Ut4c-YnJU4As9Q9AkXvKR2xPMnNlpumttDWnIPx5z2-wSH2dWJNDq9B8kDWdYRISvnalorm9XPqT1n9VMec08XDTsWY6M7Yy0EeqUvt0L45ScXEAvJnqJMGojWxFKqH8US7_czt5T6/s200/bookshelf.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5323478071508742450" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">A wine rack & shelf <span>conversion </span>kit</span><span> <p align="justify">This one isn't for everyone! But if contemporary furniture design and maximising value for money is your thing, you might like to consider getting a few years of mileage from your casket with a furniture pre-use conversion.</p> <p align="justify">Holds 32 bottles of wine and an assortment of books and nick-nacks with style. The curved sides make an interesting contrast to ordinary square bookshelves, and the handles add visual interest (and are great for moving it around!).</p><p align="justify"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="http://tenderrest.co.nz/">From Final Furniture Limited</a></span><br /></p> </span>Cedar Brook Burial Groundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17761952016481416820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5819333765818542243.post-81176152998874161852009-04-11T12:34:00.005-04:002009-05-26T09:36:16.793-04:00Bio-degradable caskets<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.finalfootprint.com/"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 191px; height: 194px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAdU8VVyHzqG4t6th6s4oT6Jz-PdF8UArWMKCkFw5swSFMBPcgiStXLAr8WyqoklFZfrx_fKOZ_fHFmngtwBRJkiTaaz3eSTBfYPf8jxbztLQGltMoYujOkJ9IWCigzXUARE5eZ3yWu0Ir/s200/final_footprints_logo.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5323475251059876178" border="0" /></a>Final Footprint is Jane Hillhouse’s company where she has worked for the past 10 years to “Green” the Burial Industry. She is offering the options of bio-degradable lines of caskets, home funeral consulting, natural burial sites and helping people to reduce their footprint back to the earth. Some people may wonder why they want to look at natural burials. With caskets made of pine or cardboard, the final goodbye can become a family farewell and healing experience. Taking turns painting or writing thoughts on these alternative eco- coffins are wonderful ways of expressing love and easing grief. The Ecoffins, a Fair-Trade Company, made in the USA offers carbon neutral coffins made from banana sheaf, bamboo, or pandamas . These beautiful, ecologically sensitive ways of burial will add to our choices and create a uniquely different Final Footprint.<br /><object height="300" width="400"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=3811436&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1"></object><br /><a href="http://vimeo.com/3811436">Final Footprint</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user821024">Kathy & Michael Rain</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.finalfootprint.com/">Final Footprint.com</a>Cedar Brook Burial Groundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17761952016481416820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5819333765818542243.post-14338611176979957432009-03-09T08:54:00.002-04:002009-11-16T10:12:11.953-05:00A Family UndertakingW<span style="font-style: italic;">hat is old is often new again. Elizabeth Westrate's "A Family Undertaking" uncovers a growing social trend: the home funeral movement. More often, Americans are choosing to do it themselves when it comes to burying loved ones and easing their own grief. Far from being a radical innovation, however, keeping funeral rites in the family or among friends is exactly how death was handled for most of pre-twentieth century America.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="http://www.pbs.org/pov/pov2004/afamilyundertaking/about.html">Click here for more information</a></span>Cedar Brook Burial Groundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17761952016481416820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5819333765818542243.post-77130831606978232762009-03-08T08:00:00.000-04:002009-03-08T08:00:01.135-04:00CROSSINGS: Caring for Our Own at Death<span style="font-style: italic;">CROSSINGS is a home funeral and green burial resource center. We exist to foster the integration of dying and after-death care back into our family and community life. We strive to increase awareness of alternatives to conventional funeral and burial care. We believe that home funeral and green burial care are more meaningful, affordable and environmentally responsible. We are a home funeral and green burial resource center – particularly educating the family to act as funeral director – which is legal in almost all 50 States.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="http://www.crossings.net/">Click here for more information on CROSSINGS</a></span>Cedar Brook Burial Groundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17761952016481416820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5819333765818542243.post-52586799740283246372009-03-07T08:45:00.005-05:002009-11-16T10:11:10.726-05:00The Surprising Satisfactions of a Home Funeral<span style="font-style: italic;">When his father and father-in-law died within days of each other, author Max Alexander learned much about the funeral industry</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">By Max Alexander, Smithsonian Magazine, March 2009</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Two funerals, two days apart, two grandfathers of my two sons. When my father and father-in-law died in the space of 17 days in late 2007, there wasn't a lot of time to ruminate on the meaning of it all. My wife, Sarah, and I were pretty busy booking churches, consulting priests, filing newspaper notices, writing eulogies, hiring musicians, arranging military honor guards and sorting reams of paperwork (bureaucracy outlives us all), to say nothing of having to wrangle last-minute plane tickets a week before Christmas. But all that was a sideshow. Mostly we had to deal with a couple of cold bodies.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="http://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/Presence-of-Mind-Which-Way-Out.html">Click here for complete article</a></span>Cedar Brook Burial Groundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17761952016481416820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5819333765818542243.post-74190063989018822062009-02-11T18:28:00.002-05:002009-05-26T09:34:50.121-04:00Green funerals bring back old ideasSome regard cemeteries as tranquil anterooms to the afterlife. Others see them as hazardous-waste sites, full of chemically treated wood and steel caskets, formaldehyde embalming fluid and concrete burial vaults. <p><a href="http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/ae/s_610880.html">The grass could be much greener on the other side. . .</a></p><p><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/ae/s_610880.html">By </a><a class="headlinelink3" href="mailto:wloeffler@tribweb.com">William <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Loeffler</span></a>, TRIBUNE-REVIEW<br />Monday, February 9, 2009</span></p>Cedar Brook Burial Groundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17761952016481416820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5819333765818542243.post-13401792124124002792009-02-08T17:29:00.004-05:002009-05-26T09:41:51.818-04:00Simple pine box wantedWhen my father passed away many years ago he wanted a simple pine box. At that time and place it was not available. One of the reasons for creating Cedar Brook Burial Ground Inc was that memory.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Why do Americans tend to spend so much on a casket? Well, you might want a grand display for a day or so. Some are even "more comfortable"—with an innerspring mattress and adjustable head-rest. More likely, however, low-cost caskets simply aren't on display</span>.<br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="http://www.funerals.org/">Funeral Consumers Alliance</a></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">You want a simple pine box</span><br /><br /><a href="from:%20http://www.funerals.org/frequently-asked-questions/casketretailers">What are the alternatives to an expensive casket?</a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">"Be prepared for some resentment from the mortician at losing a big slice of the funeral profit if you obtain a casket elsewhere. Your right to do so is protected by federal law. There may be snide remarks about the "poor quality" of what you've purchased. If the bottom doesn't fall out, the "quality" of what you are about to bury in the ground or deliver to a crematory may be irrelevant. On the other hand, some of the hand-made or small-production caskets available may be far superior in quality to something from an automated souped-up assembly line. . . "</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Note: The funeral home may NOT add a "handling fee" if you order the casket on your own.</span><br /><br />Now we have any number of locally available, locally made, reasonably priced plain coffins. Our right to have a burial to suit our wishes is protected by law. Know your rights before you visit the funeral professional. <span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/conline/edcams/funerals/index.html">Consumers' rights under the law</a></span><br /><br />Buy locally from a casket or urn artisan.<br /><a href="http://www.funerals.org/frequently-asked-questions/casketretailers">List of coffin craftsmen</a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">Or build your own</span><br /><br /><a href="http://www.lastthings.net/how-to.html">How to Make the Quick Coffin from Lasting Things</a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">Have more questions? </span><br /><br />The Funeral Consumers Alliance, <a href="http://www.funerals.org/frequently-asked-questions">FUNERAL SELF-HELP - Your Questions Answered Here</a><br /><br /><a href="http://greenburialcouncil.org/">Green Burial Council</a> is an independent, nonprofit organization founded to encourage ethical and environmentally sustainable deathcare practices and to use the burial process as a means of facilitating the acquisition, restoration and stewardship of natural areas.<br /><br />We are available to answer your questions for burials at <a href="mailto:a.green.cemetry@gmail.com">Cedar Brook Burial Ground</a>.Cedar Brook Burial Groundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17761952016481416820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5819333765818542243.post-75505647569050058392008-11-14T20:44:00.011-05:002009-11-16T10:14:32.332-05:00Lakin's "do-it-yourself" funerals<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilWrYRmNd9lAo6eGGr1784fLZ5yFfOuyirBownsnBTfj3pu9bJGRKcDrAE9Z1NXonRapDLjo1oWEzawVjdiv7D9G4k6kNUbEvvLxI6huHSJlHyG5OCScfAczPUk-gzWm5lVjNv2sRUGnef/s1600-h/wood_coffin.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilWrYRmNd9lAo6eGGr1784fLZ5yFfOuyirBownsnBTfj3pu9bJGRKcDrAE9Z1NXonRapDLjo1oWEzawVjdiv7D9G4k6kNUbEvvLxI6huHSJlHyG5OCScfAczPUk-gzWm5lVjNv2sRUGnef/s200/wood_coffin.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5268694765171820002" border="0" /></a><strong class="subHeader"></strong> <span style="font-weight: bold;">Funeral Options </span><br /><br />Funeral planning is less stressful and can cost less if planned ahead. Many people do not know they can plan a funeral or burial that is out of the ordinary or alternative to more familiar services or arrangements. For those reasons this information has been prepared for Consumers. This is not an endorsement of any one approach over the other but simply an offering of information that illustrates choice since we believe it is everyone's choice to live as one chooses until one dies. Why not have choices with one's funeral and burial planning as well? This tool may help you accomplish those goals that are within your power. <span style="font-size:78%;"><a href="http://lastthings.net/funeral-options.html">For more information</a></span><br /><br /><a href="http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/edu/pubs/consumer/products/pro19.shtm" target="new">Funerals: A Consumer's Guide</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;" class="articleHEADER">Conversion Coffins</span><br /><br />After his father's death, Chuck Lakin, a reference librarian at Miller, wondered if there was a way a family might play a bigger part in a loved one's funeral. "My father was at home for the last six weeks of his life, we were all touching him when he died. Then the funeral director walks in, takes over, and four days later, we had a box of ashes," Lakin recalled. Dissatisfied with the mechanical nature of modern-day funerals, Lakin decided to help people make them more personal. "There are only two states that require a funeral director," he explained. "In Maine, you can keep the body at home, and deliver it to the cemetery yourself." <span style="font-size:78%;"><a href="http://www.colby.edu/colby.mag/issues/current/articles.php?articleid=387&dept=fromthehill&issueid=37">For more information</a></span><br /><div style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size:78%;">Author: Neha Sud '05</span></div>Cedar Brook Burial Groundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17761952016481416820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5819333765818542243.post-36220112744304591272008-11-01T06:00:00.005-04:002009-05-26T17:56:22.463-04:00Whatever Happened to ‘Dust to Dust’?<span style="font-size:130%;"></span>You Can Still Find It in Green Burial<br /><br />By the time Nate Fisher was laid to rest in a woodland grave sans coffin in the final season of Six Feet Under, Americans all across the country were starting to look outside the box when death came calling.<br /><br />Grave Matters follows a dozen such families who found in “green” burial a more natural, more economic and ultimately more meaningful alternative to the tired and toxic send-off on offer at the local funeral parlor.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/player/mediaPlayer.html?action=1&t=1&islist=false&id=6938735&m=6938738" target="_blank">Listen to the interview with Mark Harris on Fresh Air by host, Terry Gross.</a>Cedar Brook Burial Groundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17761952016481416820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5819333765818542243.post-47273440793287536882008-10-01T06:30:00.005-04:002009-11-18T14:27:34.997-05:00Consumer info & supplies<span style="font-size:100%;"><a href="http://www.accessdataservices.com/zip/Limington-Maine.html">About Limington, Maine</a><br /><a href="http://steadyhabits.wordpress.com/2007/10/29/our-changing-funeral-and-burial-practices/">Changing funeral & burial practices</a><br /><a href="http://friendsofanimals.org/actionline/summer-2008/Dying.php">Pets included</a><br /><a href="http://www.thegreenfuneralsite.com/GreenCemeteries.html">Green cemeteries in the US</a><br /><a href="http://bangornews.com/news/t/news.aspx?articleid=164846&zoneid=500">Two green cemeteries in Maine</a><br /><a href="http://nonamelumber.com/html/products.html">Earth Compatible Caskets</a><br /><a href="http://www.greenburials.org/">Green Burials</a><br /><a href="http://negbs.com/">New England Green Burial Society</a><br /></span>Cedar Brook Burial Groundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17761952016481416820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5819333765818542243.post-48269788474648892962008-09-16T08:53:00.008-04:002008-09-24T16:20:29.374-04:00Iron gate installed at Joshua Small Cemetery<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPAaSru6riXxmJRYOqdlIKWuF1ls3g2KXApd1D0nZAGK9qJDsM6huWJNBDrnqQEXDDhlmmw3q6uY5SqfZrIizzRDfkYIf4ub0YmQRWuV0abkAersrVTYlVMMsZ8ib_HC50cHDlG9X7e9QS/s1600-h/Joshua_Small_headstone.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPAaSru6riXxmJRYOqdlIKWuF1ls3g2KXApd1D0nZAGK9qJDsM6huWJNBDrnqQEXDDhlmmw3q6uY5SqfZrIizzRDfkYIf4ub0YmQRWuV0abkAersrVTYlVMMsZ8ib_HC50cHDlG9X7e9QS/s200/Joshua_Small_headstone.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5246605084323994162" border="0" /></a>The Limington Historical Society which maintains the Joshua Small Cemetery contracted with <a href="mailto:blacksmith@sfwforge.com">Timothy Greene</a> of <a href="http://www.sfwforge.com/">Standfast Works Forge</a> of Parsonsfield, Maine to fabricate a new gate for the Joshua Small plot.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtAwfd8AnUN8C1ESCaUKaEIcRiEiyn0jylbqEEaSfF9RVvlkPph5caiqPwWYPEfHQ7yWcmfZlh0z72Vb60PTYbtv6-g20fAyxozmJ_Ju7PLsQsJm4CcYi4gTv3-yy1BQIvGkNydhptqPj2/s1600-h/Joshua_Small_Cemetery_sign.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtAwfd8AnUN8C1ESCaUKaEIcRiEiyn0jylbqEEaSfF9RVvlkPph5caiqPwWYPEfHQ7yWcmfZlh0z72Vb60PTYbtv6-g20fAyxozmJ_Ju7PLsQsJm4CcYi4gTv3-yy1BQIvGkNydhptqPj2/s200/Joshua_Small_Cemetery_sign.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5246605640415127282" border="0" /></a><br />The public is welcome to visit the Joshua Small Cemetery located here at Cedar Brook Burial Ground on Boothby Road, Limington.<br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxVTQWucGQYiL6kBAXPJZ-csGMq5cCiRC0huMO_DWO1dZGRwY4HHm_O6aNmZYV4P_8L-XSEjAQJi-fAqedqKJPcppw98l8f6rdb_3I0t3GHoJ5QzKyGRIV15bJlBxIq8IMDewXmChktnwn/s1600-h/installing_Joshua_Small_gate.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxVTQWucGQYiL6kBAXPJZ-csGMq5cCiRC0huMO_DWO1dZGRwY4HHm_O6aNmZYV4P_8L-XSEjAQJi-fAqedqKJPcppw98l8f6rdb_3I0t3GHoJ5QzKyGRIV15bJlBxIq8IMDewXmChktnwn/s200/installing_Joshua_Small_gate.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5249685200538560994" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">For information about the Limington Historical Society email <a href="mailto:limingtonhistoricalsociety@yahoo.com">Anne Dunbar, Secretary</a> or </span>or call 207-637-2970.<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">On the web at <a href="http://www.limingtonhistory.org/whatWeDo.html">Limington Historical</a></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="http://www.limingtonhistory.org/whatWeDo.html"> Society</a></span>.Cedar Brook Burial Groundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17761952016481416820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5819333765818542243.post-21590615166824297942008-08-11T09:35:00.004-04:002009-06-08T08:04:38.456-04:00Information on the internet<a href="http://www.fcamaine.net/" class="listlink" target="_new">Funeral Consumers Alliance of Maine</a><br /><a href="http://www.greenburials.org/">Green Burials</a>Cedar Brook Burial Groundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17761952016481416820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5819333765818542243.post-20319601511941961572008-04-25T09:46:00.014-04:002009-06-30T21:11:37.869-04:00Cedar Brook Burial Ground: a Green Option<span style="font-size:100%;">Cedar Brook Burial Ground is now open. </span><span style="font-size:100%;">Visitors are welcome to tour the Grounds.</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFbcj5nrlFroPRejUAGsJidQ4gIed4qOgNzou_SWJWokvFp6uA38hctTUoqOQrDOcr2SaRKEsZQD00HmbszQJtoxD6S2upAgR5eXo2HmeQQaXl9O1Kgy7XmDC7OpnarUgi53z7Y5TnZfv7/s1600-h/apple_blossoms.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFbcj5nrlFroPRejUAGsJidQ4gIed4qOgNzou_SWJWokvFp6uA38hctTUoqOQrDOcr2SaRKEsZQD00HmbszQJtoxD6S2upAgR5eXo2HmeQQaXl9O1Kgy7XmDC7OpnarUgi53z7Y5TnZfv7/s200/apple_blossoms.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5203330270041405938" border="0" /></a>Please call ahead to be sure Peter McHugh will be available to guide you. 207.637.2085<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYXI8QT7ZV_cERQcia30RnFXjCznx6OVXoYjlgAVtYh_yr21vKSna70Ymn3Yh6hfPWnpO00W0UzCMKuZJ_LqOSdxbDbE4M_dF_-_WCD00fKNvxuL-VaYsraaltxVvMvJBdTr3FFdtDoR3q/s1600-h/Path_052408.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYXI8QT7ZV_cERQcia30RnFXjCznx6OVXoYjlgAVtYh_yr21vKSna70Ymn3Yh6hfPWnpO00W0UzCMKuZJ_LqOSdxbDbE4M_dF_-_WCD00fKNvxuL-VaYsraaltxVvMvJBdTr3FFdtDoR3q/s200/Path_052408.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5204643430522354242" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />Paths with memorial stones and traditional plots are available.<br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="http://greencemetery.blogspot.com/2008/08/faq.html" target="_new">Prices & Environmental considerations</a></span><br /><br />For additional information contact Peter McHugh at 207.637.2085<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRR6Tv55Ed7ugqOAjWqFB_iDHDxxee1bQttUmLiXldlk5NLk2UQpQanbmLP_n-tEkIAkVkjqOzbx7tpZ7ZmQ3OrqmxaPh6KkDF0hP6WedE7fsMS7G4_VCTAxps-LRyNdCymqwC5TX1QUhT/s1600-h/at_the_pond.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRR6Tv55Ed7ugqOAjWqFB_iDHDxxee1bQttUmLiXldlk5NLk2UQpQanbmLP_n-tEkIAkVkjqOzbx7tpZ7ZmQ3OrqmxaPh6KkDF0hP6WedE7fsMS7G4_VCTAxps-LRyNdCymqwC5TX1QUhT/s200/at_the_pond.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5204643155644447282" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">For driving directions:<br />Call </span><span style="font-size:85%;">207.637.2085 or <a href="mailto:a.green.cemetery@gmail.com">email</a><br />Or use 175 Boothby Rd, </span><span style="font-size:85%;">Limington, ME</span><span style="font-size:85%;"> to get directions online.</span><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><a href="http://cedarbrookburialground.blogspot.com/2007/10/driving-directions-from-portland.html">Or click here for map & directions from Portland, ME</a><br /><a href="http://cedarbrookburialground.blogspot.com/2007/10/driving-directions-from-hampton-nh-toll.html">Click here for map & directions from Hampton, NH Toll booth</a></span>Cedar Brook Burial Groundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17761952016481416820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5819333765818542243.post-47785471912720048052008-03-15T14:13:00.005-04:002009-05-26T17:58:49.677-04:00Open House planned<h3 class="post-title entry-title"> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN9utc_mtS-bCkNPuaiZFkkXEZRN70NGgOmTdpxEEHFETsEl3ru-xKFM1AN_LAj7c54rrm4huwk9LXTnoZOYUr5Lm17Uo8lq0eP37-p_7SUg1rLZ5ufzEt-Uft5o_4Di1jRSKbnQJYIZPX/s1600-h/SNOW%2520DEER%2520-%25202-2.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN9utc_mtS-bCkNPuaiZFkkXEZRN70NGgOmTdpxEEHFETsEl3ru-xKFM1AN_LAj7c54rrm4huwk9LXTnoZOYUr5Lm17Uo8lq0eP37-p_7SUg1rLZ5ufzEt-Uft5o_4Di1jRSKbnQJYIZPX/s400/SNOW%2520DEER%2520-%25202-2.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5176237318716054530" border="0" /></a>Winter visitors at Cedar Brook Burial Ground.<br /></h3><span><span><span class="swb"><span style=";font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;" >Cedar Brook Burial Ground is located on a 150 acre tree farm thirty miles due west of Portland. Within its borders sits the rock wall-enclosed Joshua Small Cemetery, a tiny, historic graveyard whose dozen burials date back to the early 1800s.</span></span></span></span><br /><span><span><span class="swb"><span style=";font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;" ><br />An Open House is planned for the Spring. New paths with memorial stones will be available in addition to the more traditional plots.<br /><br />If you would like to be notified of the Open House and other up coming events, please submit your email address at: <a href="http://websitedesignonline.com/greencemetery/cbbg_f/mailing_list.html">CBBG.</a></span></span></span></span>Cedar Brook Burial Groundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17761952016481416820noreply@blogger.com